Porn Star Lisa Ann on Performing as Sarah Palin in Tampa: "I'm Not Really an Actress. I'm a Mattress Actress"

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Lisa Ann at last year's Adult Video News awards

Playing Palin seems to have revitalized your career
I had come back a long time before the Sarah Palin movies, but yeah it's been a game changer for me... Playing Palin wasn't my idea. It was brought to me by Hustler. Larry Flynt is such an advocate for us (porn stars) and our personal freedoms that I felt very comfortable doing it for his company. I knew that if there was going to be any legal backlash, it would go back to them and he would sort it out, so I didn't have any of those concerns. The timing was perfect because she was such a fun character to be able to impersonate.

I've traveled outside the country performing as her as well. I've even been invited to Finland as Sarah Palin. Finland doesn't have strip clubs, they aren't legal there. But they have a thing called Sexxxpo, a large event in a hockey arena. There are 7,000-10,000 people a show. So I danced for those people as Palin. It was awesome. It's funnier in other countries because they don't make fun of their politicians like we do. They're not allowed to do those types of things so they found it really entertaining.

How do you mentally prepare yourself for a role like Sarah Palin?
Well, when Hustler decided they were interested in doing this movie, the news leaked out so we only had about four days to prepare. I recorded the VP debate and watched it .

But [my performance] is not like how amazing it was with HBO's Game Change, where you really thought it was Palin half way through the movie, it was so good. Porn stars don't really prepare that way. I'm not really an actress. I'm just a mattress actress. I don't have an acting coach or days to prepare for my role or anything like that.

Can you paint a picture of your performance as Sarah Palin this weekend so people have an idea what to expect?
You're on stage with music playing really loud, you know what I'm saying? I do my show. It's a strip tease as Sarah Palin. At a strip club. It's pretty cut and dry.

I don't go out there and recite any dialogue. I don't act anything out. I don't have any major props. It's a traveling gig so you're pretty limited in what you can bring. You just kinda get naked. It's a strip club! Why is a woman sitting up there and doing anything else?

Lisa Ann performs this Friday August 24 and Saturday August 25 at Thee Dollhouse in Tampa. She will perform twice each night. You can follow her on twitter @theRealLisaAnn.

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